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Wagner: Wesedonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures / Nina Stemme, soprano. Thomas Dausgaard

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Wesendonck Lieder; Siegfried Idyll; Träume (Dreams) for violin & small orchestra in A flat major (from Wesendonck Lieder no 5), WWV 91b; Die Meistersinger vo...
Performers: Andreasson, Katarina; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Swedish Chamber Orchestra

In their exploration of the symphonic repertoire of the Romantic era, Thomas Dausgaard and his Swedish Chamber Orchestra have previously recorded Bruckner, Tchaikovsky and most...continue...
Recording information: Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden (2012-05-??_2012-06-??&2012-)....continue...

Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2; Sospiri; Elegy / Royal Stockholm PO, Oramo

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Sospiri; Elegy for Strings, Op. 58
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: ; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The collaboration between BIS and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) began some 30 years ago, and has resulted in a number of discs conducted...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden....continue...

Mozart Arranged by Hummel: Seven Piano Concertos; Symphony No. 40 / Furniko Shiraga, piano, Henrik Wiese, flute, Peter Clemente, violin, Tibor Benyi, cello [4 CDs]

4 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Today, with authenticity a crucial concern in musical performance, the idea of arranging piano concertos by Mozart for chamber forces seems almost bizarre. But in...continue...

The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Germany - works by Goldberg, Fasch, J.C.F. Bach; Graun, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach / London Baroque

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in C major (formerly attirbuted to Bach, BWV 1037); Johann Friedrich Fasch: Trio Sonata in C minor, FWV N; Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: T...
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Ensemble: London Baroque

The closing disc in London Baroque's survey of the rise and fall of the trio sonata takes us to 18thcentury Germany, and includes works by...continue...
Recording information: St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (09/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Oboe Concerto; Oboe Quartet; Sonata for Oboe / Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe; Leonid Ogrintchouk, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a)
Performers: Blaumane, Kristina [Cello]; Brovtsyn, Boris [Violin]; Ogrintchouk, Alexei; Rysanov, Maxim
Conductors: ; Ogrintchouk, Alexeï
Ensemble: ; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

It was during an extended visit to Mannheim in 1777 that Mozart became friendly with the oboist Friedrich Ramm, a member of the famous Mannheim...continue...

The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy - works by Albinoni, Bonporti, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Porpora, Sammartini, Locatelli et al. / London Baroque

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-28

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Ensemble: London Baroque

Just as the seventeenth century saw the rise of the trio sonata to its position as the most important chamber music form, so the eighteenth...continue...

Works for alto saxophone & wind ensemble - works by Milhaud, Boutry, Creston, Emilsson / Claude Delangle, saxopphone

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-28

Conductors: Lindberg, Christian
Ensemble: Swedish Wind Ensemble

Chronologically, this program of music for wind ensemble is framed by Darius Milhaud's La création du monde, a ballet score from 1923, and the composer...continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 6; Lieutenant Kijé suite, Op. 60; Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33b / Andrei Bondarenko, baritone

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-28

Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Premiered in January 1945, Sergei Prokofiev's optimistic and heroic Fifth Symphony had seemed to herald the victorious end of World War Two. In stark contrast...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 19 & 23 / Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-28

Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander
Ensemble: Kolner Akademie

In just two years, between 1784 and 1786, Mozart composed no less than twelve piano concertos - a staggering number. Often described as one of...continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / Osmo Vanska, Minnesota Orch.

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-22

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Performers: Hara, Burt; Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra

Of all of Jean Sibelius' seven symphonies, the two recorded here are those that reveal the furthermost poles of his symphonic art; the one an...continue...

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Études symphoniques, Op. 13; Blumenstück, Op. 19

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-21

Works: Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Blumenstück for Piano in D flat major, Op. 19; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13
Performers: Kempf, Freddy

With a flourishing international concert career and an acclaimed discography, Freddy Kempf has become firmly established among the top pianists of today - a process...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (09/2012)....continue...

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 53 - BWV 9, 97 & 177 / Hana Blazikova, soprano, Robin Blaze, counter-tenor, Gerd Turk, tenor, Peter kooij, bass

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 97, "In allen meinen Taten" BWV 97; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 177; Cantata no 9, "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her," BWV 9 (BC A107)
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Blazikov, Hana; Kooij, Peter; Murakami, Yukiko; San'nomiya, Masamitsu; Turk, Gerd; Wakamatsu, Natsumi
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The three cantatas on this recording come from the first half of the 1730's, by which time J.S. Bach was no longer writing a new...continue...
Recording information: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan (02/2012)....continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 19 / Miklos Spanyi, Harpsichord & fortepiano; Concerto Armonico Budapest

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Conductors: Abraham, Marta
Ensemble: Concerto Armonico Budapest

On the penultimate disc in his series of the complete keyboard concertos by C.P.E. Bach, Miklós Spányi completes the set of six concertos (Sei Concerti,...continue...

Ernesto Lecuona: The Piano Music; Selected Songs / Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National RSO, Michael Bartos [6 CDs]

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra; Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana, for piano; Aragonesa, for piano; Granada, for piano; Z...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Engel, Bruce [Trumpet]; Farley, Carole; Fleishaker, Vivian [Oboe]; Geissinger, Katie; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Hoff, Denise; Jolles, Renee; Kocher, Gerald [Trumpet];...
Conductors: Bartos, Michael
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Released in 1995 - the centenary of Ernesto Lecuona's birth - the first installment of Thomas Tirino's pioneering survey of the composer's piano music caused...continue...